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RNZ News
19 hours ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
How to check your enrolment after concerns from voters
Voters need to be enrolled by tomorrow to receive a voting pack for local body elections. Photo: 123RF The Electoral Commission says people who cannot find their enrolment details are likely on the dormant roll. Voters need to be enrolled by tomorrow to receive a voting pack for local body elections but some people say they are no longer showing up on the roll. Electoral commission deputy chief executive of operations Anusha Guler said its likely people are being moved to the dormant roll. It follows Te Pāti Māori saying they are hearing complaints about voters' details being altered . "We've heard some concerns that people have been unable to find their enrolment record on our website. We have checked and there are no technical issues with our enrol online system," Guler said. "If you're Māori, I also want to assure you that your roll choice - Māori roll or general roll - is up to you. We won't put you on either roll by default and we won't change your roll without your permission." The Electoral Commission said people can go online to to enrol, check or update their details or call a free phone number for help. For those who can't find their enrolment record, it might be because they're not enrolled or you're on the unpublished roll, the commission said. There are a few other reasons why your enrolment record might not come up immediately or might not be available on "When you look up your details on your search must exactly match the name and address we have on our records. The same goes for verifying your information with ID - the names on your enrolment record and your ID must match exactly," Guler said. "If we lose touch with you - for example if we get returned mail from an old address - we will try to contact you by email or text to ask you to update your details. If we can't contact you or don't hear back from you, you may be put on the dormant roll. "If you're on the dormant roll, your record won't show up on but you'll be re-enrolled as soon as you fill in an enrolment form with your current address. "If you've got any concerns about your enrolment, please get in touch with our enrolment team on 0800 36 76 56 or enquiries@ and they can check your enrolment." Guler said it is important to be enrolled at the address where prospective voters live by 1 August to get their voting papers for the local elections in the mail. "If you enrol or update your address from 1 August, you can still vote, but you'll need to contact your council and cast a special vote," Guler said. Those who are Māori, can choose the Māori roll or the general roll when first enrolling to vote. After that, they can change rolls at any time except in the three months before an election. "During these three months before the local elections, you won't be able to change from the Māori roll to general roll, or general roll to Māori roll. Applications to change rolls will be processed after the local elections," Guler said. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
RNZ News
20 hours ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
Voters finding themselves not on electoral roll
Prospective voters checking their electoral enrolment have found themselves not on the roll. Electoral commission deputy chief executive of operations Anusha Guler spoke to Charlotte Cook.
RNZ News
4 days ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
Christopher Luxon defends voting changes after Judith Collins raises problems
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has said people need to get organised for elections. (File photo) Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii The Prime Minister says the public still have plenty of time to get enrolled to vote despite scrapping same-day enrolment for elections. Last week the government announced legislation to overhaul electoral laws it said had become "unsustainable". The government agreed to close enrolment before advance voting begins, with people needing to enrol or update their details by midnight on the Sunday before advance voting starts on the Monday morning (in other words, 13 days before election day). The legislation sets a requirement of 12 days advance voting at each election, and the changes would mean special vote processing could get underway sooner. On Monday morning, Newsroom reported Attorney-General Judith Collins, had said the proposed law changes clashed with constitutional rights in a report. She indicated 100,000 or more people could be directly or indirectly disenfranchised by rules banning enrolment in the final 13 days before an election. Collins declined an interview with Morning Report on the issue. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, told Morning Report , Collins had a statutory responsibility to review legislation to make sure it was consistent with the bill of rights. "As a government we think enrolment should happen before early voting starts," he said. Luxon pointed to Australia as an example of a country that does not allow enrolment on the same day as voting. "We want everyone to participate but it's just done two weeks before elections day. It's not uncommon, it gives people plenty of time to get enrolled and get sorted. "All we're saying is we want everybody to participate in our democracy... not an unreasonable request." On Election Day 2023 110,000 people enrolled to vote or updated their details. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
CTV News
29-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Dalhousie University releases 2025-26 budget, announces $20.6M deficit
Dalhousie University released its 2025-26 Operating Budget Report, announcing a $20.6 million deficit, as well as cuts to all faculties and tuition increases for some international students. In the report, the university says it's facing a challenging year ahead as a decline in enrolment growth has had a long-term impact on revenue. The university says it's taking a multi-year approach and leveraging initiative focused on enrolment growth, increased retention and cost reduction in hopes of achieving a balanced budget by 2027-28. The 2025-26 Operating Budget Report represents a total of 70 per cent of the university's financial activity including the operating, endowment, and ancillary funds. The remaining 30 per cent relates to capital, research, and special purpose accounts which are not available to support day-to-day operations, so the university says it is not included in the report. Cuts to faculties and units' budgets According to the report, the university is working to cut annual operating expenditures by $26.7 million over the next three years. To meet that target, the budget requires all faculties and units to reduce their budgets by one per cent. While compensation increases were previously accounted for in the overall university budget, the new report states faculties and units will be expected to absorb the compensation increases outlined in the collective agreements for faculty and staff in their own budget. Total costs for absorbing the compensation increases are expected to amount to around four per cent – or $50 million – over three years. This would mean in the coming year faculties and units need to plan for a five per cent budget reduction. Combined with the cuts to annual operating expenditures, overspending will be reduced by around $75 million by 2027-28, according to the university. Tuition costs rising for some The university signed a bilateral agreement with the province on April 24 which targets two points of interest with respect to the university's operating budget. One of those being tuition fees for all Nova Scotian undergraduate students be frozen at current rates for the next two years. The university adds it will not increase tuition for other Canadian students pursuing an undergraduate degree. 'The impact of this change on the original budget plan is a reduction in tuition revenues of approximately $2.4 million,' read the report, adding for 2026-27 Canadian students outside Nova Scotia will be put through the annual planning process. For new or returning international undergrads who are not part of the 2023-24 or 2024-25 tuition guarantee pricing model, they will see an increase of around 6.7 per cent. International graduate students taking part in non-thesis programs will pay 7.2 per cent more, and 9.2 per cent more for thesis-based programs. The other half of the agreement provides a two per cent increase in the university's government grant for the next two years, which the university says is consistent with the budget plan released in February. The report also says the university will be working with faculties to review the capacity of programs to help identify opportunities for growth in terms of enrolment, as well as a focus on student retention. 'This Operating Budget Plan outlines what we need to do, financially, to be responsible stewards of our resources as we aim to return to a balanced operating budget in the next three years,' said Kim Brooks, Dalhousie University's president and vice-chancellor, in the budget report. For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
BBC News
25-06-2025
- General
- BBC News
SEN education: Some schools may be formally instructed to enrol SEN pupils
The Education Authority is considering an unprecedented move to instruct some schools to enrol special educational needs (SEN) children. Chief Executive Richard Pengelly said the shortfall of SEN places for September 2025 constitutes a "crisis". In a letter to principals, seen by the BBC, Mr Pengelly said he estimates 164 children will not have a place in school in Pengelly said 27 specialist provision classes would need to be created to deal with the enrolment crisis. He said this is an unacceptable position for those children and their parents or carers, and has asked the Department of Education to consider a process to formally instruct specific schools with available capacity to establish provisions. The EA identified 58 schools in locations facing pressure for schools spaces that would be able to enrol SEN pupils. The Education Minister and the EA wrote to these schools requesting support. "Despite numerous engagements by EA colleagues, and the Minister taking the unusual step of writing directly requesting their support, unfortunately only one school has responded with a firm offer to progress work for September 2025," Mr Pengelly EA Chief Executive has appealed again for more schools to come forward, stating the EA "fully acknowledge the pressures schools are facing" but in order to deal with the lack of spaces for SEN children before September 2025, he "urgently appeal to those schools to whom we have written to work collaboratively with us". He went on to say that the EA and the department "cannot afford to fail" and "we must continue to strive ensure that every child receives the high-quality education and support they deserve".
